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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:46 Warning
5:03 What does Aryan mean?
7:40 Why were people so obsessed with race?
9:20 Why the Aryans were seen as superior
10:48 The Indo-Aryan Migration Theory
13:36 Pseudo-Scientific Race Theories
15:48 Cardiology
17:58 How Nordic People Fit into the Nazi Ideology of Aryan race
21:26 Nazi Secret Societies
23:28 Helena Blavatsky & Atlantis
24:58 The Myth of Thule
28:59 Thule Society
30:44 Himmler was insane
33:33 The Tibet Expedition
40:00 Hitler and Atlantis
43:00 The World Ice Theory
48:29 Archaeological Expeditions for "proof" of Atlantean Religion
49:33 The Holy Grail and Atlantis
50:42 Conclusion
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Resources:
Hitler's Monsters: tidd.ly/3KvzQD5
Greeks, Romans, Germans | How the Nazis Usurped Europe's Classical Past: tidd.ly/3Sy4FsT
Hindudvesha. 2023. ‘Aryan Invasion Theory: Why It Must Be Purged from School Textbooks’, Hindupost.in hindupost.in/education/aryan-invasion-theory-why-it-must-be-purged-from-school-textbooks [accessed 19 February 2023]
Kurlander, Eric. 2017. ‘“One Foot in Atlantis, One in Tibet” the Roots and Legacies of Nazi Theories on Atlantis, 1890-1945’, Leidschrift, 32.1: 81–101 https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3180877/view
tricycle.org/magazine/hitler-and-himalayas-ss-mission-tibet-1938-39
Phelps, Reginald H. “‘Before Hitler Came’: Thule Society and Germanen Orden.” The Journal of Modern History 35, no. 3 (1963): 245–61. jstor.org/stable/1899474.
Ratner, Paul. 2018. ‘Why the Nazis Were Obsessed with Finding the Lost City of Atlantis’, Big Think bigthink.com/the-present/why-the-nazis-were-obsessed-with-finding-the-lost-city-of-atlantis
Thapar, Romila. 1996. ‘The Theory of Aryan Race and India: History and Politics’, Social Scientist, 24.1/3: 3 doi.org/10.2307/3520116
A great explanation on the Aytan Invasion Theory, which I used, can be found here: gosai.com/writings/the-myth-of-the-aryan-invasion
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Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/6341226-c-dubois
Video Request form: https://forms.gle/FcdBtFMnrRR7eGrd9
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:46 Warning
5:03 What does Aryan mean?
7:40 Why were people so obsessed with race?
9:20 Why the Aryans were seen as superior
10:48 The Indo-Aryan Migration Theory
13:36 Pseudo-Scientific Race Theories
15:48 Cardiology
17:58 How Nordic People Fit into the Nazi Ideology of Aryan race
21:26 Nazi Secret Societies
23:28 Helena Blavatsky & Atlantis
24:58 The Myth of Thule
28:59 Thule Society
30:44 Himmler was insane
33:33 The Tibet Expedition
40:00 Hitler and Atlantis
43:00 The World Ice Theory
48:29 Archaeological Expeditions for "proof" of Atlantean Religion
49:33 The Holy Grail and Atlantis
50:42 Conclusion
Disclaimer: I am a Book Depository Affiliate. I am not sponsored for any of my reviews and will always disclose if a book I am reviewing has been sent to me for review.
Resources:
Hitler's Monsters: tidd.ly/3KvzQD5
Greeks, Romans, Germans | How the Nazis Usurped Europe's Classical Past: tidd.ly/3Sy4FsT
Hindudvesha. 2023. ‘Aryan Invasion Theory: Why It Must Be Purged from School Textbooks’, Hindupost.in hindupost.in/education/aryan-invasion-theory-why-it-must-be-purged-from-school-textbooks [accessed 19 February 2023]
Kurlander, Eric. 2017. ‘“One Foot in Atlantis, One in Tibet” the Roots and Legacies of Nazi Theories on Atlantis, 1890-1945’, Leidschrift, 32.1: 81–101 https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3180877/view
tricycle.org/magazine/hitler-and-himalayas-ss-mission-tibet-1938-39
Phelps, Reginald H. “‘Before Hitler Came’: Thule Society and Germanen Orden.” The Journal of Modern History 35, no. 3 (1963): 245–61. jstor.org/stable/1899474.
Ratner, Paul. 2018. ‘Why the Nazis Were Obsessed with Finding the Lost City of Atlantis’, Big Think bigthink.com/the-present/why-the-nazis-were-obsessed-with-finding-the-lost-city-of-atlantis
Thapar, Romila. 1996. ‘The Theory of Aryan Race and India: History and Politics’, Social Scientist, 24.1/3: 3 doi.org/10.2307/3520116
A great explanation on the Aytan Invasion Theory, which I used, can be found here: gosai.com/writings/the-myth-of-the-aryan-invasion
